Leicester was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

 in Leicestershire

Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

, which elected two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 (MPs) to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

 from 1295 until 1918, when it was split into three single-member divisions.

History

Leicester sent burgesses to Parliament for the first time in 1295. Originally both Members were chosen by the whole ‘commons’ of the borough until at least 1407, when Thomas Denton and John Tonge were stated to have been chosen ‘per totam communitatem tocius burgi’. At some unknown date before the middle of the 15th century, however, the ‘commons’, lost power within the borough and were restricted to the election of just one of the Members, the other being chosen by the mayor and 24 jurats (or aldermen). This situation was reversed by the middle of the sixteenth century.

Although most Members were citizens, usually officials, of the borough there was considerable influence and involvement by the two leading families, the Hastings and the Greys during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The constituency was abolished in 1918 and replaced by Leicester East, Leicester South and Leicester West.

1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1322	Geoffrey de Staunton	John le Derby
1386
1388 (Feb)	Geoffrey Clerk	William Morton
1388 (Sep)	Geoffrey Clerk	John Cook
1390 (Jan)	?Geoffrey Clerk
1390 (Nov)
1391	Geoffrey Clerk	Henry Beeby
1393	Thomas Wakefield	John Houghton
1394	?Geoffrey Clerk	Henry Beeby
1395	Robert Skillington	Henry Beeby
1397 (Jan)	Thomas Wakefield	Roger Humberston
1397 (Sep)	Thomas Bailly	Richard Falconer
1399	William Bispham	John Church
1401	John London	Peter Clerk
1402
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	John Donyngton	Roger Goldsmith
1407	Thomas Denton	John Tonge
1410	Robert Evington	John Church
1411	Robert Evington	Ralph Brasier
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	John Hewet	John Church
1414 (Apr)	Ralph Brasier	Thomas Denton
1414 (Nov)	Henry Forster	Robert Evington
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419	Henry Forster	Ralph Brasier
1420	John Pykwell	John Church
1421 (May)	Ralph Brasier	John Church
1421 (Dec)	Henry Forster	John Nightingale
1455-1456	Thomas Dalton
1510-1515	No names known
1523	William Bolt	Roger Wigston
1529	Thomas Brokesby	Robert Harward
1536	?
1539	John Beaumont	William Wigston
1542	Robert Burdett	?John Beaumont
1545	Edward Hastings	John Throckmorton
1547	George Swillington	Ralph Skinner
1553 (Mar)	George Swillington	Robert Cotton
1553 (Oct)	William Faunt	Thomas Farnham
1554 (Apr)	Francis Farnham	Thomas Jenkinson
1554 (Nov)	Francis Farnham	Hugh Aston
1555	Francis Farnham	?
1558	Robert Breham	Maurice Tyttell
1559 (Jan)	John Hastings	Robert Breham
1562/1563	Robert Breham	Rubert Brokesby
1571	Thomas Cave	Stephen Hales
1572 (Apr)	Robert Breham	John Stanford I
1584 (Nov)	Henry Skipworth	Thomas Johnson
1586 (Oct)	Henry Skipworth	Thomas Johnson
1588 (Oct)	John Chippendale	Robert Heyrick
1593	John Stanford I	James Clarke
1597 (Sep)	George Parkins	John Stanford II
1601 (Oct)	George Belgrave	William Heyrick
1604	Sir Henry Skipworth, died 1610 and replaced by Henry Rich)	Henry Beaumont
1614	Henry Rich	Sir Francis Leigh Francis Leigh (died 1625) Sir Francis Leigh was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1622.Leigh was the eldest of Sir William Leigh of Newnham Regis and his wife Frances Harrington, daughter of Sir James Harington of Exton, Rutland. He entered Middle Temple in 1597 and in the same year was...
1621-1622	Sir Richard Morrison	Sir William Herrick
1624	Sir Humphrey May Humphrey May Sir Humphrey May was an English politician. He was born the fourth son of Richard May, Merchant Taylor of London. He matriculated from St John's College, Oxford on 25th October 1588, graduated B.A. on 3rd March 1592 and became student of the Middle Temple in 1592...	William Ive
1625	Thomas Jermyn Thomas Jermyn (died 1659) Thomas Jermyn was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1625 and 1644. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....	Sir Humphrey May Humphrey May Sir Humphrey May was an English politician. He was born the fourth son of Richard May, Merchant Taylor of London. He matriculated from St John's College, Oxford on 25th October 1588, graduated B.A. on 3rd March 1592 and became student of the Middle Temple in 1592... , sat for Lancaster and repl. by Sir George Hastings George Hastings (died 1641) Sir George Hastings was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1626.Hastings was the second son of Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings and his wife Sarah Harington, daughter of Sir James Harington and Lucy Sydney. He was admitted at Sidney Sussex... )
1626	Sir Humphrey May Humphrey May Sir Humphrey May was an English politician. He was born the fourth son of Richard May, Merchant Taylor of London. He matriculated from St John's College, Oxford on 25th October 1588, graduated B.A. on 3rd March 1592 and became student of the Middle Temple in 1592...	Sir George Hastings George Hastings (died 1641) Sir George Hastings was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1626.Hastings was the second son of Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings and his wife Sarah Harington, daughter of Sir James Harington and Lucy Sydney. He was admitted at Sidney Sussex...
1628	Sir Humphrey May Humphrey May Sir Humphrey May was an English politician. He was born the fourth son of Richard May, Merchant Taylor of London. He matriculated from St John's College, Oxford on 25th October 1588, graduated B.A. on 3rd March 1592 and became student of the Middle Temple in 1592...	Sir John Stanhope
1629-1640	No parliaments summoned

1640–1918

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		Thomas Coke Thomas Coke (MP for Leicester) Thomas Coke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1645. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....			Simon Every Sir Simon Every, 1st Baronet Sir Simon Every, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He was a supporter of the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...		Thomas Coke Thomas Coke (MP for Leicester) Thomas Coke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1645. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....	Royalist		Lord Grey of Groby Thomas Grey, Lord Grey of Groby Thomas Grey, Lord Grey of Groby , was an elected Member of Parliament for Leicester during the English Long Parliament, an active member of the Parliamentary party and a regicide...	Parliamentarian
January 1644	Coke disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645		Peter Temple Peter Temple (regicide) Peter Temple was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1645 and 1653. He was one of the Regicides of King Charles I of England....
1653	Leicester was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...
1654 First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....		Sir Arthur Hesilrige			William Stanley
1656 Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....		Peter Temple Peter Temple (regicide) Peter Temple was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1645 and 1653. He was one of the Regicides of King Charles I of England....		One seat vacant through the death of Lord Grey of Groby
1660		Thomas Armeston			John Grey John Grey (died 1709) Hon. John Grey , of Enville Hall, Staffordshire, was a Member of Parliament for that county.He was the third son of Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford and Lady Anne Cecil, youngest daughter and coheiress of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, whose second son was Anchitell Grey, the Parliamentary...
1661		Sir William Hartopp			Sir John Pretyman Sir John Pretyman, 1st Baronet Sir John Pretyman, 1st Baronet of Lodington was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament for Leicester from 1661 to 1676....
1677					John Grey John Grey (died 1709) Hon. John Grey , of Enville Hall, Staffordshire, was a Member of Parliament for that county.He was the third son of Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford and Lady Anne Cecil, youngest daughter and coheiress of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, whose second son was Anchitell Grey, the Parliamentary...
1679		Sir Henry Beaumont Sir Henry Beaumont, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Beaumont, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.He was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Trott, daughter of Sir Nicholas Trott, and was baptised at Stoughton Grange. Beaumont was educated at St John's College, Oxford and succeeded his father as baronet in...
1685					Thomas Babington
1689		Lawrence Carter
1690					Sir Edward Abney Edward Abney Sir Edward Abney was an English politician.Abney was the son of James Abney of Willesley. He was educated at Ashby School and Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1652-3. He was a Fellow of Christ's College from 1655 to 1661. Knighted in 1673, he served as MP for Leicester Borough...
1695		Archdale Palmer
1698		Sir William Villiers Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.He was the only son of Sir George Villiers, 2nd Baronet and his wife Penelope Denham, daughter of Sir John Denham. In 1682, he succeeded his father as baronet. Villiers was a Member of Parliament for Leicester in the Parliament of...			Lawrence Carter
1701		James Winstanley			Lawrence Carter
1702					Sir George Beaumont Sir George Beaumont, 4th Baronet Sir George Beaumont, 4th Baronet was a British politician.He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Farmer, daughter of George Farmer. Beaumont was educated at New College, Oxford and graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Law in 1690. In the same year he...
1719		Thomas Noble
1722		(Sir) Lawrence Carter
January 1727		Thomas Boothby-Skrymsher
August 1727		George Wrighte
1737					James Wigley
1765					Anthony James Keck Anthony James Keck Anthony James Keck was a politician in England.He was Member of Parliament for Leicestershire from 1755 to 1756, also for the rotten borough of Newton in Lancashire from 1768 to 1774...
1766		John Darker
1768		Hon. Booth Grey			Eyre Coote Eyre Coote (East India Company officer) Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, KB was an Irish soldier. He is best known for his many years of service with the British Army in India. His victory at the Battle of Wandiwash is considered a decisive turning point in the struggle for control in India between British and France...
1774					John Darker
February 1784					Shukburgh Ashby
April 1784		John Macnamara John Macnamara Colonel John Robert Jermain Macnamara was a British Conservative Party politician and British Army officer who was killed in Italy during the Second World War....			Charles Loraine-Smith
1790		Thomas Boothby Parkyns			Samuel Smith
1800		Thomas Babington Thomas Babington Thomas Babington was an English philanthropist and politician. He was a member of the Clapham Sect, alongside more famous abolitionists such as William Wilberforce and Hannah More...
1818		John Mansfield			Thomas Pares
1826		Sir Charles Abney-Hastings			Robert Otway-Cave Robert Otway-Cave Robert Otway-Cave , styled The Honourable from 1839, was a British politician.Born Robert Otway, he was the only surviving son of Henry Otway and his wife, the 3rd Baroness Braye. His uncle was Sir Robert Otway, 1st Baronet, an admiral in the Royal Navy. In 1818, he took the additional surname Cave...
1830					William Evans	Whig
1831		Wynne Ellis Wynne Ellis Wynne Ellis was a wealthy British haberdasher, politician and art collector.-Biography:Ellis, son of Thomas Ellis, by Elizabeth Ordway of Barkway, Hertfordshire, was born at Oundle, Northamptonshire, in July 1790, and after receiving a good education came to London...	Whig
1835		Edward Goulburn	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...		Thomas Gladstone Sir Thomas Gladstone, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Gladstone, 2nd Baronet was a Tory politician in the United Kingdom.He was Member of Parliament for Queenborough from 1830 to 1831, for Portarlington from 1832 to 1835, for Leicester from 1835 to 1837, and for Ipswich 1842...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1837		Samuel Duckworth	Whig		Sir John Easthope Sir John Easthope, 1st Baronet Sir John Easthope, 1st Baronet MP was a politician and journalist.Easthope, born at Tewkesbury on 29 October 1784, was the eldest son of Thomas Easthope by Elizabeth, daughter of John Leaver of Overbury, Worcestershire....	Whig
1839		Wynne Ellis Wynne Ellis Wynne Ellis was a wealthy British haberdasher, politician and art collector.-Biography:Ellis, son of Thomas Ellis, by Elizabeth Ordway of Barkway, Hertfordshire, was born at Oundle, Northamptonshire, in July 1790, and after receiving a good education came to London...	Whig
1847 The election of 1847 was declared void on petition and a by-election was held		Sir Joshua Walmsley Joshua Walmsley Sir Joshua Walmsley was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician.-Life:The son of John Walmsley, a builder, was born in Liverpool on 29 September 1794, and educated at Knowsley, Lancashire, and Eden Hall, Westmoreland. On the death of his father in 1807 he became a teacher in Eden Hall...	Whig		Richard Gardner	Whig
1848		John Ellis John Ellis (businessman) John Ellis , of Beaumont Leys in Leicester, was instrumental in interesting George Stephenson in the proposed Leicester and Swannington Railway....	Whig		Richard Harris	Whig
1852		Sir Joshua Walmsley Joshua Walmsley Sir Joshua Walmsley was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician.-Life:The son of John Walmsley, a builder, was born in Liverpool on 29 September 1794, and educated at Knowsley, Lancashire, and Eden Hall, Westmoreland. On the death of his father in 1807 he became a teacher in Eden Hall...	Whig		Richard Gardner	Whig
1856		John Biggs	Whig
1857					John Dove Harris John Dove Harris John Dove Harris was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1857 and 1874.Harris was the son of Richard Harris former MP for Leicester and his wife Fanny Dove, daughter of William Dove of Moulton, Northamptonshire. He was Mayor of Leicester in 1850 and in 1856. He...	Whig
1859			Joseph William Noble	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...		Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1861			William Unwin Heygate	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1862					Peter Alfred Taylor Peter Alfred Taylor Peter Alfred Taylor was a British politician and radical.He was the son of another Peter Alfred Taylor, a silk merchant, and the nephew of Samuel Courtauld. He was educated at a school in Hove, Sussex, run by J. P. Malleson, his cousin and the Unitarian minister for Brighton. Here he met Clementia...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1865			John Dove Harris John Dove Harris John Dove Harris was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1857 and 1874.Harris was the son of Richard Harris former MP for Leicester and his wife Fanny Dove, daughter of William Dove of Moulton, Northamptonshire. He was Mayor of Leicester in 1850 and in 1856. He...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1874			Alexander McArthur Alexander McArthur Alexander McArthur was an Australian and British businessman and politician in both countries.McArthur was born at Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland, the son of John McArthur, a Wesleyan minister, and his wife Sarah, née Finlay. In 1830 he was apprenticed to a merchant in Omagh...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1884					James Allanson Picton James Allanson Picton James Allanson Picton was a British independent minister, author and Liberal politician.Picton was born at Liverpool, the eldest son of Sir James Allanson Picton and his wife Sarah Pooley. His father was an architect and supporter of the Liverpool Free Library...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1892			Sir James Whitehead Sir James Whitehead, 1st Baronet Sir James Whitehead, 1st Baronet DL was a British merchant and Liberal Party politician.-Early life:Whitehead was born at Bramhall, near Sedbergh in Yorkshire. He was educated at the grammar school in Appleby-in-Westmorland, and was apprenticed as a draper in Kendal. He made his way to Bradford...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1894		Henry Broadhurst Henry Broadhurst Henry Broadhurst was a leading early British trade unionist and a Lib-Lab politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1885 and 1906....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...		Walter Hazell	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1900					Sir John Fowke Lancelot Rolleston John Rolleston Sir John Fowke Lancelot Rolleston JP DL , was a British Conservative politician.He was educated at Repton School and King's College London. He was a keen Conservative and the leader of his party in Leicester, where, after being twice defeated at the poll, he was elected Member of Parliament in 1900...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
January 1906					Ramsay Macdonald Ramsay MacDonald James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
March 1906		Franklin Thomasson Franklin Thomasson Descended from a well known family of cotton spinners from Bolton, Lancashire, Franklin Thomasson was born on 16 August 1873 at Alderley Edge, Cheshire, the 3rd child of John Pennington Thomasson, who was a benefactor and MP for Bolton. He married Elizabeth, a daughter of the late Caleb Coffin of...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1910		Eliot Crawshay-Williams Eliot Crawshay-Williams Eliot Crawshay-Williams , was a British author, officer, and Liberal Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Lloyd George and Winston Churchill....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1913		Sir Gordon Hewart Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart, PC was a politician and judge in the United Kingdom.-Background and education:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Constituency abolished: see Leicester East Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency) - Elections in the 2000s :In 2005 this seat bucked the national trend as there was a swing to Labour whereas the national swing was 2.5% to the Conservatives.- Elections in the 1990s :- Elections in the 1970s :... , Leicester South Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency) Leicester South is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament , by the first past the post voting system... , Leicester West Leicester West (UK Parliament constituency) Leicester West is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...

Notes

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1890s

At the 1892 UK general election, James Allanson Picton

James Allanson Picton

James Allanson Picton was a British independent minister, author and Liberal politician.Picton was born at Liverpool, the eldest son of Sir James Allanson Picton and his wife Sarah Pooley. His father was an architect and supporter of the Liverpool Free Library...

 and James Whitehead

Sir James Whitehead, 1st Baronet

Sir James Whitehead, 1st Baronet DL was a British merchant and Liberal Party politician.-Early life:Whitehead was born at Bramhall, near Sedbergh in Yorkshire. He was educated at the grammar school in Appleby-in-Westmorland, and was apprenticed as a draper in Kendal. He made his way to Bradford...

were elected unopposed.